Carry On, Stills

By

Jim Fusilli

Updated March 26, 2013 7:41 p.m. ET

Beverly Hills, Calif.

Stephen Stills's work has been represented in boxed sets before—"CSN," the Crosby, Stills & Nash package issued in 1991, and "Buffalo Springfield," that band's self-titled compilation a decade later—but the new 82-track collection "Carry On" (Rhino) demonstrates how, by the close of the 1960s, Mr. Stills came to be a pivotal figure in American rock. He played almost every instrument on CSN's debut album in a marriage of rock, folk, country, blues and Latin music....